HSBC LIVING BUSINESS AWARDS HONO

23 July 2007
HSBC LIVING BUSINESS AWARDS
HONOUR AND REWARD RESPONSIBLE SMEs
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC) honoured 150 local
small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) today at the HSBC Living Business Awards
presentation ceremony. The award scheme offers a total cash prize pool of HK$270,000 to
SMEs who have demonstrated strong commitment and outstanding contributions to corporate
responsibility (CR) and sustainable development.
After several rounds of judging, Eldershop Limited o/b Gingko House (Gingko House)
surpassed other applicants to win the Diamond Award with a cash prize of HK$80,000.
Gingko House was established in 2003, a restaurant with a corporate mission to “Support
senior employment. Enjoy life enrichment’. It hires a number of elderly to manage the
restaurant and provides them with on-the-job and external training. Gingko House has also
developed a set of detailed Service Quality Standards which clearly state its performance in
CR, including environmental protection, and occupational health and safety policies. Its staff
are actively involved in community services and, through sharing experiences with other
organisations, Gingko House maintains a high service quality and transparency.
Vincent Cheng, Chairman, HSBC Asia Pacific said: “The HSBC Living Business Awards is
now in its third year, I am deeply impressed by the growing number of participants which
doubled from last year. It demonstrates that the concept of CR has been well embraced in the
SME sector. Through the unique platform which HSBC Living Business provides, SMEs are
able to enhance their competitiveness and operating efficiency which can also benefit the
economy as a whole.”
Other top awards include:
Emerald Award winners (each awarded HK$50,000 cash):
1. Goodwell Property Management Limited – Harbour Centre Tower 1
2. LTK International Limited
3. Wings Trading (HK) Company Limited
Ruby Award winners (each awarded HK$10,000 cash):
1. Daiichi Kenchiku Service Co (HK) Ltd
2. EcoSage Limited
3. Ying Wah Cake Shop
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This year, the Sapphire Award and a cash prize of HK$10,000 was presented to Salon Go
Ahead, who is the award winner for the SME Community Participation Award under the
Caring Company Scheme of the Hong Kong Council of Social Service.
The HSBC Living Business Ambassador scheme was introduced this year to establish an
effective platform for past awards winners to share their successful experiences with other
SMEs, and to promote the programme to their business partners. The Ambassadors who
nominated the most companies to join the awards were presented with Best Ambassador
Awards. Kate Chau, Le Manège Limited and Eva Chiu, Redsun (HK) Limited are winners of
this accolade. The Best Nominator Award was presented to the Federation of International
SMES who excelled in nominating the most applicants for the awards scheme this year.
Margaret Leung, General Manager Global Co-Head Commercial Banking, said, “We
launched the HSBC Living Business Awards three years ago with the aim of encouraging
local SMEs to implement socially and environmentally responsible business practices.
Today, all the award-winning SMEs have proved that when fulfilling corporate
responsibilities including environmental protection, employee management, community
contribution and corporate governance, they are as capable as big corporations, or even
better, in terms of merging higher flexibility and efficiency into the process.”
The initial judging was conducted by the Business Environment Council. The award winners
were selected according to performance in four main areas - commitment to environmental
protection, excellence in employee management, achievements in community development
and overall management effectiveness.
Media enquiries to Louisa Leung on 2822 4992 or Ophelia Quach on 2822 4947.
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This news release is issued by Registered Office and Head Office:
1 Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Web: www.hsbc.com.hk
Corporation Limited Incorporated in the Hong Kong SAR with limited liability